South Orange County Community College District engages in extensive planning efforts to meet short term and long term goals. Here are a few guiding documents.

District-Wide Strategic Plan 2014-2020

The SOCCCD District-wide Plan 2014-2020 fully integrates with the Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College Strategic Plans. The plan is managed by the District-wide Planning Council, a participatory governance group.

Strategic Planning Goals for 2014-2020

Goal 1: SOCCCD will foster an environment characterized by creativity, innovation, respectful interactions and collaboration.
Goal 2: SOCCCD will promote students' success by enhancing the teaching and learning environment.
Goal 3: SOCCCD will advance economic and workforce development through regional partnerships with educational institutions and industry and by strengthening career technical education.
Goal 4: SOCCCD will strengthen long-term financial health and institutional effectiveness through integrated planning and resource allocation.

The SOCCCD Technology Plan 2015-2020 Master Plan provides a roadmap by which SOCCCD technology organizations, which include those at district services and the two colleges, can effectively and efficiently work together to develop, implement, support and maintain technology systems that support academic excellence and student success. The technology plan outlined in this document is designed to align with and extend SOCCCD’s vision, mission, and strategic plans and form the basis for a technology planning process from 2015-2020.

Emergency Operations Plan

The SOCCCD Emergency Operations Plan was developed in concurrence with the district-wide Business Continuity Planning Committee and complies with federal, state and local statutes and agreements made with the various agencies identified herein. It is both SEMS and NIMS compliant. It shall be periodically reviewed and revised by the Business Continuity Planning Committee in accordance with federal and state guidelines.